SARATOGA SPRINGS -- The Saratoga County district attorney met with Saratoga Springs Police Chief Christopher Cole Monday to discuss the potential criminal case against three police officers for a Nov. 12 assault on Caroline Street.

Sources close to the investigation who were not authorized to speak publicly confirmed that officers Edward Braim, Mark Leffler and John Guzek are under investigation for the alleged incident that occurred at Dango Fitzgerald's at about 12:15 a.m. Monday.

All three have been suspended without pay since last Tuesday.

Both a criminal and an internal investigation are under way. Saratoga County District Attorney James A. Murphy III said he could not discuss the details of the meeting, but confirmed Monday morning he would be speaking to members of the city police department about the case.

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"My sense is that it is a preliminary meeting in terms of briefing me on the investigation and its progress," Murphy said Monday morning prior to the meeting.

Cole said he couldn't comment on the details of the discussion but said he would be speaking with Public Safety Commissioner Christian Mathiesen later in the day to brief him on the meeting.

He said both investigations "should be wrapping up in very short order."

Murphy also confirmed Monday that he had met with the victim of the assault, whom he would not identify, to discuss the incident. He also would not discuss the details of that conversation, citing an ongoing investigation.

Murphy said the victim did not sustain "serious physical injury" -- a legal requirement for a felony assault charge -- but that he did sustain physical injury in the assault. He said he listened to the victim's version of events for about 90 minutes and is in the process of obtaining his medical records.

Cole wouldn't comment on the victim's injuries other than to agree with Murphy. He said he also could not discuss the Nov. 12 incident or potential charges stemming from it, but "when we're finally able to release the information, hopefully it will speak for itself."

Before his meeting with police Monday morning, Murphy said the victim's statement was the only information he had officially obtained about the case. To his knowledge, Murphy said, the officers had not yet provided statements for the criminal investigation.

The officers may have provided statements to police for the internal investigation, but those would not be admissible in court and Murphy would not be privy to them.

"Their decision to give or not give statements in the criminal investigation is entirely up to them and their defense attorney(s)," he said. "It has to be with advice of counsel and voluntary."

Murphy said it is normal for the officers to not provide statements at this point and for the police not to have turned their case files over to him because their investigation is not complete.

Cole said in a statement last week that he would be meeting with Murphy at the end of the police department's criminal investigation to discuss potential charges, but Murphy said, "The charging decision is always with the police department."

Mark McCarthy, the city's labor attorney from Harris Beach law firm, said the internal investigation is ongoing.

The results of the internal investigation, Cole said last week, would not be made public. The internal ramifications the police officers may face could range from losing vacation time to termination.

"All of those things are always on the table," McCarthy said.

He said the officers could be given up to 30 days of suspension without an administrative hearing, but the officers could request a hearing for any discipline they receive, something McCarthy said is rare.

Even if there are no criminal charges in the case, the officers still may be disciplined.

McCarthy said there are policies and procedures governing off-duty behavior, policies the officers may have violated even if they did not commit a crime.